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Jeremy Petersen, longtime producer and host at OPB Radio, has been fired by Oregon Public Broadcasting. According to a post on Petersen's Facebook page, he was called into a meeting on Jan. 28 and told he was being let go. Though he writes that there is "nothing particularly juicy or scandalous to say about it," Petersen adds that he was "immediately locked out of seven years' worth of digital ...
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KC Cowan, an award-winning reporter known to Oregon television viewers as a driving force behind Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Oregon Art Beat," was dismissed yesterday by OPB. Cowan, a former reporter for KGW-TV and KXL radio, declined to say why OPB fired her."I'm deeply saddened that my relationship with OPB has come to an end," Cowan told WW in an email. "For ten and a half years, I had the privilege ...
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Emily Harris, the host of Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Think Out Loud" morning talk show, says she's been asked to leave the show and the network by OPB's management.OPB made an abrupt announcement Tuesday morning, says only that Harris has already left and "is pursuing other opportunities." Morgan Holm, OPB’s vice president of news and public affairs, said that David Miller, the current on-line ...
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Readers of the August issue of Oregon Public Broadcasting's OPB Primetime magazine may get a rude surprise if they call the member center with questions or comments regarding Primetime's new format. A single-digit typo in the call center's (800) 241-8123 number misdirects callers to an adult chat line (whose number is 800-241-8323, if you must know) where a recording of a sultry woman's voice ...
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